OT from Barney Frank's flatulence, but it would appear that the man who literally wrote the hilariously & ironically titled PATRIOT Act is the godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's grandchildren (this is breaking as the investigation into NewsCorp's hacking activities in the U.S. are allegedly being undertaken).

How does everyone like the optical illusion and false left-right paradigm being offered up on election day?

yummy, Barney likes em young! Our mayor in Portland OR has him beat, he was screwing a 17yr old high school boy during his campaign. The boy toy's name... Beau Breedlove. Why is it that politics and the priesthood both draw the homo-pedophiles?

I was just thinking how boring this market is waiting for the inmate in charge to bless us and there is Zero Hedge with the heading "paint dry". I hope Tyler is not going to test us on Ms. Frank as I refuse to watch such dribble.

Ok, back to the garden. See ya at 2 for the fireworks. I hate Fed days. What a waste.

If there ever is a guy that deserves every excruciating bit of embarrassing spotlight that can be focused on him it is Barney Frank. Save your pity for someone worthy.

Based upon the ease at which he passed the gas on a live TV show with a dozens of viewers, it tells me we are watching the real BF in action. One can only imagine the countless times he made the same action with staffers huddled around him that had to suffer in silence through what is most likely the most vile smell imaginable. I'm sure this is a moment of great amusement to them.

Frank is the grossest politician I've seen in a long time, and I mean before I saw this. Just the way he speaks, no charisme, he has no talent whatsoever in making us think he's not on the payroll of big banks.

Update 1:08 p.m. ET: The Treasury Department says Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, about "the challenges facing the global economy and the state of global financial markets."

The terse statement from Treasury gave no further details on the call, so it's not known what hey said. But China has been withering in its criticism of the Obama administration's economic policies in recent days.